Science Quiz on Matter and Air

What does the diagram model?

• how a balloon rises

• empty space in matter

• air particles in a balloon

• a balloon with small balls inside it

What does the diagram provide evidence for?

• Gases are lighter than air.

• Gases are mostly empty space.

• Matter can float in empty space.

• Matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Alicia said that the wind moving leaves on a tree is evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. Which statement best explains whether she is correct or not?

• She is not correct because air can be seen.

• She is not correct because a tree can be seen.

• She is correct because a tree is made of particles that cannot be seen.

• She is correct because the air is made of particles that cannot be seen.

Ming wants to find out if air takes up space. Which experiment would best help her find this out?

• Fill a cup with water. Fill another cup with air. Weigh both cups.

• Weigh an empty metal container. Place a lid on it. Weigh it again.

• Blow up a balloon. Tie a knot to make sure it is closed. Try to flatten the balloon.

• Put red food coloring in an empty bottle. Place a cap on the bottle. Shake the bottle to see if the air inside turns red.

Use the figure to answer the question. What do the tiny spheres in the picture model?

• Little rubber balls

• Forms of energy that are invisible

• Particles of matter that are too fast to be seen

• Particles of matter that are too small to be seen

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Use the figure to answer the question. What is the best description, in terms of the state of matter, for the cups?

• Cup 1 and Cup 2 both contain gases.

• Cup 1 and Cup 2 both contain liquids.

• Cup 1 contains a gas and Cup 2 contains a solid.

• Cup 1 contains a liquid and Cup 2 contains a solid.

Use the figure to answer the question. Which sentence describes the tiny spheres in Cup 1 and Cup 2?

• The particles in Cup 1 vibrate but the particles in Cup 2 do not.

• The particles in Cup 1 have less mass than the particles in Cup 2.

• The particles in Cup 1 move more freely than the particles in Cup 2.

• The particles in Cup 1 are made of a different type of matter than the particles in Cup 2.

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A whipped-cream dispenser used by a coffee shop is shown. To use the dispenser, cold cream is poured into the canister. Nitrous oxide is in a charger, where it is squeezed into the container like the air in a fire extinguisher. It is released into the canister to mix with the cream. The high pressure from the canister expands bubbles in the cream and changes it into a foam, or whip. The tip releases the whipped-cream mixture onto a coffee drink.

How do the properties of gases, liquids, and solids enable this whipped-cream dispenser to work?

The metal container is a ​ .

(a)  

• solid
• gas

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A whipped-cream dispenser used by a coffee shop is shown. To use the dispenser, cold cream is poured into the canister. Nitrous oxide is in a charger, where it is squeezed into the container like the air in a fire extinguisher. It is released into the canister to mix with the cream. The high pressure from the canister expands bubbles in the cream and changes it into a foam, or whip. The tip releases the whipped-cream mixture onto a coffee drink.

How do the properties of gases, liquids, and solids enable this whipped-cream dispenser to work?

The cream inside the canister is a​​ (a)  

• liquid
• solid
• gas

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A whipped-cream dispenser used by a coffee shop is shown. To use the dispenser, cold cream is poured into the canister. Nitrous oxide is in a charger, where it is squeezed into the container like the air in a fire extinguisher. It is released into the canister to mix with the cream. The high pressure from the canister expands bubbles in the cream and changes it into a foam, or whip. The tip releases the whipped-cream mixture onto a coffee drink.

How do the properties of gases, liquids, and solids enable this whipped-cream dispenser to work?

Both the gas and the ​ (a)   take on the shape of the ​ (b)   charger and canister, but after they mix, they take on their own shape as whipped cream.

• solid
• gas
• liquid

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